Cory Morse | MLive.comGrand Rapids Police talk at a crime scene after Tavon Jackson was fatally shot in a driveway Andre Street SW Friday, August 3, 2012. The victim was believed to be in his 20s. (Cory Morse | Mlive.com)

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Hours after learning a teen had been charged in her brother's shooting death, Sharonda Clark spoke not of anger, but of pain.

Grief for the loss her family has suffered— and sorrow for a 16-year-old whose adult life had not even begun.

"He could have been a doctor or a lawyer and now he messed up his life and everybody else’s life," said Clark, who has three brothers around the same age. "I feel sorry for him and his family."

Edmond Nevills was charged Friday in Kent 61st District Court with open murder in the shooting death of Tavon Jackson on the city's southwest side.

courtesy photoTavon Jackson was shot to death Aug. 3 on the city's southwest side.

The shooting happened in broad daylight, just before 3:30 p.m.

Jackson did not live in the area, but family were told Jackson frequently rode through the area on his bike.

Court records show Nevills has a criminal record as a juvenile.

In 2010, he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, altering identification marks on a weapon, possession of a firearm and resisting and obstructing a police officer.

The charges were related to a March 2010 incident near Woodland Mall.

Nevills, whose father was in prison in 2010 on a drug charge and had previously served another prison stint before that, eventually was placed in foster care.

Records show he spent time in juvenile detention last year for violating his probation. His probation agents accused him of being involved in gang-related activities and also threatening other children in his foster family.

He allegedly told those children to steal money, alcohol and weapons.

For Clark and the rest of Jackson's family the last few weeks have moved slowly.

Just recently, she finally has come to accept his death and no longer looks up, expecting to see him standing nearby.

He was singing in the shower. Jackson had a job interview that day—and he couldn't wait.

His mother's last memory of her son is him jumping on his bicycle and riding off down the street, excited about what was ahead.

“I was so, so proud of him … It just made my soul rejoice," she said earlier this month.

Clark offered a heartfelt thanks for those who came forward to help investigators identify a suspect. She doesn't want to think of hatred, or of anger. She's tired of seeing people fight and hearing of teen violence on city streets.

"I’m just asking for God to go and change my heart," she said, "for God to help us all to heal."